Qleiat ( ar, قليعات; also spelled ''Qulaya'at'', ''Qlaiaat'', ''Qliyat'', ''Qleiaat'' or ''Kleiat'') is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of

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. It is located 28 kilometers north of

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. Qleiat's average elevation is 1,050 meters above sea level and its total land area is 646

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s. Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholic, with Christians from other denominations in the minority.

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Populated places in Keserwan District Maronite Christian communities in Lebanon {{Lebanon-geo-stub